Russia and Ukraine Trade Accusations of Attacks on Energy Sites | OilPrice.com
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In the latest of a series of accusations and repudiations, Russia accused Ukraine on Thursday of having launched what Moscow said were “provocative” attacks on energy infrastructure.
“The attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure are targeted and are purely provocative and demonstrative,” Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said on Thursday, as carried by Reuters.
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Last month, Russia agreed to a 30-day suspension of attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure in exchange for an identical halt of attacks on Russian infrastructure from the Ukrainian side.
Russia has said it reserves the right to withdraw the ceasefire on attacks on energy facilities if Ukraine violates the agreement.
In the past days, Ukraine has also accused Russia of violating the energy truce.
Both Ukraine and Russia have said that they would be sending details of the alleged violations of the ceasefire to the United States.
The U.S.-brokered talks for an end to the war in Ukraine have stalled after Russia signaled on Tuesday that it cannot accept the U.S. plan to end the war in Ukraine in the “current form.”
This came days after U.S. President Donald Trump said he was “pissed off” with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
President Trump has also threatened more sanctions Russian oil in the form of tariffs on imports into the United States of any country buying oil from Russia.
“If Russia and I are unable to make a deal on stopping the bloodshed in Ukraine, and if I think it was Russia’s fault — which it might not be — but if I think it was Russia’s fault, I am going to put secondary tariffs on oil, on all oil coming out of Russia,” Trump told NBC in an interview on Sunday.
The Trump Administration continues to press both Russia and Ukraine to reach a ceasefire as a stepping stone to negotiating a peace agreement.
By Charles Kennedy for Oilprice.com
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